our LABOR pains....

welcome back from the labor day holiday and the first day of school!

ours had the expected highs and lows for a weekend together. our plan to attend our first "bristol renaissance faire" was fudged up.

throughout our years together (count them eight, two of them married) i learned to pay attention to the "ADHD moment red flags" that would most surely end up "not pretty".


red flag #1
our plan was to leave home early to get to the fair when it opens at 10am. it was 12noon before we were ready.

red flag #2
DH wanted to mow the lawn then water it, sort the mail, while emptying the wastebaskets all over the house! it was almost 2pm!

red flag #3
DH was on a rant about "not understanding" why i reacted the way i did when he asked me a question which i had answered a million times before! if we had gone on with the trip, despite the fact that he agreed not to discuss the same "but i don't understand ........" HE WILL! and with the AC in the car not working (which i have reminded him for the past several months to have it fixed), with the close to 100 degree weather outside, i would not have made it without "exploding"!


this weekend was no different, but it was a "triumph" just the same because the "ugliness" that would have been another stressful event was averted and turned into a quiet evening at home sharing a home-cooked dinner prepared lovingly by DH!